Who Should I Trade?

George Valera for Kyle Tucker (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kyle Tucker RF,DH - LAD	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 22	# 368
VBR	# 30	‐

Projections

Runs	32	4
Home Runs	9	1
RBI	30	4
Stolen Bases	6	1
Batting Average	.260	.219

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 33	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 16	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 48	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 21	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 30	# 383

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 9	# 329

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kyle Tucker RF,DH - LAD	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	356	37

Runs	56	1

Hits	85	8

Singles	56	5

Doubles	18	3

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	9	0

RBI	51	6

Stolen Bases	6	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	50	1

Strikeouts	80	8

Batting Average	.239	.216

On Base Pct	.334	.237

Slugging Pct	.376	.297

On-base Plus Slugging	.711	.534

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kyle Tucker RF,DH - LAD	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	190	32

Runs	32	4

Hits	49	7

Singles	30	5

Doubles	10	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	9	1

RBI	30	4

Stolen Bases	6	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	29	4

Strikeouts	36	9

Batting Average	.260	.219

On Base Pct	.361	.296

Slugging Pct	.464	.359

On-base Plus Slugging	.826	.655

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kyle Tucker RF,DH - LAD	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
News
	Kyle Tucker went 1-for-3 in a win over the Mets with a home run, one walk, one run scored, one RBI and one strikeout. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 26th	The Guardians sent George Valera outright to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Kyle Tucker went 2-for-3 in a win over the Mets with a home run, one walk, one run scored and two RBI. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 25th	The Guardians have designated outfielder George Valera for assignment. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th
	Kyle Tucker went 3-for-5 in a win over the Rockies with one run scored. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 7th	The Guardians optioned George Valera to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
	Kyle Tucker went 4-for-4 in a win over the Padres with a double, three runs scored, one RBI and a walk. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 3rd	George Valera (calf) has been reinstated from the IL and will join the Guardians ahead of Monday's game against the Cardinals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Apr 13th
	Kyle Tucker went 3-for-5 in Saturday's 15-3 win over the Padres with a home run, one run scored, four RBI, and two strikeouts. Chase Davis Sun, Jun 28th	The Guardians placed OF George Valera on the 10-day injured list with a left calf strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kyle Tucker RF,DH - LAD			George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Thu, Apr 16th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#373
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#213
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#145
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#228	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#161
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#204	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Thu, Jul 9th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Sat, Jul 18th				vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#244	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#275
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC			vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82
Thu, Aug 6th				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ KC
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

George Valera for Kyle Tucker (2026)

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